Carl Perkins - The Classic (5CD Box Set) (1990)

Other companies have Carl Perkins sets, but no one else has all the Sun recordings (complete - with some previously unissued) as well as his Columbia recordings from 1958-1962, and everything he cut for Decca between 1963 and 1965. We start in 1954 with the early rockabilly sound of 'Honky Tonk Gal', then the early country singles, and then 'Blue Suede Shoes' and those classic Sun rockabilly tracks. We have Your True Love at its original tempo and speeded-up for single release, and we have newly discovered alternate takes. Then we have all the early Columbia recordings like 'Where The Rio De Rosa Flows', 'Jive After Five', 'Pink Pedal Pushers', and 'Pointed Toe Shoes', and finally we have the Decca sides from Nashville and London, like 'Big Bad Blues', 'Lonely Heart', and 'Monkey Shine'. The first and last word on early Carl Perkins. Classic indeed.

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Honky Tonk Babe (mono) (1:53)
2. Movie Magg (alt) (mono) (2:07)
3. Honky Tonk Gal (mono) (1:58)
4. Movie Magg (mono) (2:11)
5. Turn Around (alt) (mono) (3:01)
6. Turn Around (dialogue) (mono) (0:47)
7. Turn Around (mono) (3:01)
8. Let The Jukebox Keep Playing (alt) (mono) (2:54)
9. What You Doin' When Your Crying (mono) (2:53)
10. Let The Jukebox Keep Playing (mono) (2:53)
11. You Can't Make Love To Somebody (alt) (mono) (2:36)
12. Gone, Gone, Gone (alt) (mono) (2:58)
13. Gone, Gone, Gone (mono) (2:41)
14. Dixie Bop (mono) (2:40)
15. Blue Suede Shoes (alt - take 1) (mono) (2:03)
16. Blue Suede Shoes (master - take 2 (mono) (2:18)
17. Blue Suede Shoes (alt - take 3 (mono) (2:17)
18. Honey Don't (alt - take 1) (mono) (2:11)
19. Honey Don't (alt - take 2) (mono) (2:26)
20. Honey Don't (master - take 3) (mono) (2:52)
21. Tennessee (mono) (3:06)
22. Sure To Fall (mono) (2:35)
23. All Mama's Children (mono) (2:13)
24. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (mono) (2:15)
25. Boppin' The Blues (alt) (mono) (2:34)
26. Put Your Cat Clothes On (mono) (2:49)
27. Boppin' The Blues (mono) (2:51)
28. Only You (mono) (3:22)
29. You Can't Make Love To Somebody (mono) (2:25)
30. Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo (mono) (2:34)

CD 2
1. All Mama's Children (alt) (mono) (2:51)
2. All Mama's Children (mono) (2:09)
3. Dixie Fried (alt) (mono) (2:43)
4. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (alt 2) (mono) (1:58)
5. Put Your Cat Clothes On (alt 1) (mono) (2:43)
6. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (mono) (2:15)
7. Dixie Fried (false starts) (mono) (1:02)
8. Dixie Fried (mono) (2:28)
9. I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry (mono) (2:29)
10. That Don't Move Me (mono) (2:09)
11. Lonely Street (mono) (2:47)
12. Drink Up And Go Home (demo) (mono) (3:38)
13. Pink Pedal Pushers (demo) (mono) (2:18)
14. The Way You're Living Is Breaking My Heart (demo) (mono) (3:06)
15. Take Back My Love (demo) (mono) (3:38)
16. Somebody Tell Me (demo) (mono) (4:22)
17. Instrumental #1 (demo) (mono) (1:29)
18. Instrumental #2 (demo) (mono) (1:35)
19. Red Wing (demo) (mono) (2:21)
20. Down By The Riverside (demo) (mono) (1:29)
21. Her Love Rubbed Off (mono) (2:21)
22. Caldonia (mono) (2:05)
23. You Can Do No Wrong (mono) (2:25)
24. Sweethearts Or Strangers (alt) (mono) (2:45)
25. Be Honest With Me (mono) (2:29)
26. Sweethearts Or Strangers (mono) (2:21)
27. Your True Love (alt - original tempo) (mono) (3:03)
28. Matchbox (alt) (mono) (2:29)
29. Your True Love (mono) (2:46)
30. Put Your Cat Clothes On (alt 2) (mono) (2:46)

CD 3
1. Matchbox (mono) (2:10)
2. Put Your Cat Clothes On (alt 1) (mono) (2:53)
3. Keeper Of The Key (mono) (3:24)
4. Roll Over Beethoven (mono) (2:55)
5. Try My Heart Out (mono) (2:53)
6. That's Right (alt) (mono) (2:48)
7. Forever Yours (mono) (2:39)
8. That's Right (mono) (2:50)
9. Y.O.U. (mono) (2:40)
10. I Care (mono) (2:19)
11. Y.O.U. (alt - with narration) (mono) (3:20)
12. Pink Pedal Pushers (Sun version) (alt) (mono) (2:39)
13. Pink Pedal Pushers (Sun version) (mono) (2:28)
14. Lend Me Your Comb (alt) (mono) (1:57)
15. Look at That Moon (alt) (mono) (1:59)
16. Lend Me Your Comb (mono) (1:58)
17. Look at That Moon (mono) (2:21)
18. Glad All Over (mono) (1:46)
19. Tutti Frutti (stereo) (2:07)
20. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (stereo) (3:00)
21. That's All Right (stereo) (3:36)
22. Where The Rio De Rosa Flows (stereo) (3:05)
23. Shake, Rattle 'N' Roll (stereo) (3:29)
24. Long Tall Sally (stereo) (3:00)
25. I Got A Woman (stereo) (3:14)
26. Hey Good Lookin' (stereo) (2:43)
27. Sittin' On Top Of The World (stereo) (2:11)
28. Good Rockin' Tonight (stereo) (2:20)

CD 4
1. Jive After Five (mono) (2:23)
2. Rockin' Record Hop (mono) (2:21)
3. Pink Pedal Pushers (mono) (2:37)
4. Just Thought I'd Call (mono) (2:16)
5. Ready Teddy (stereo) (2:05)
6. Jenny Jenny (stereo) (2:11)
7. You Were There (stereo) (2:36)
8. Because You're Mine (stereo) (3:08)
9. Pop Let Me Have The Car (stereo) (2:45)
10. Levi Jacket (And A Long Tail Shirt) (stereo) (2:14)
11. When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain (stereo) (2:14)
12. Sister Twister (stereo) (2:51)
13. Hambone (stereo) (2:24)
14. This Life I Live (stereo) (2:26)
15. Please Say You'll Be Mine (stereo) (2:17)
16. Honey, Cause I Love You (stereo) (2:19)
17. Y-O-U (Columbia version) (stereo) (2:38)
18. Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore (stereo) (2:45)
19. Highway Of Love (stereo) (3:06)
20. Pointed Toe Shoes (stereo) (2:01)
21. One Ticket To Loneliness (stereo) (2:52)
22. The Drifter (stereo) (2:51)
23. Too Much For A Man To Understand (stereo) (2:34)
24. L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E (stereo) (2:17)

CD 5
1. Blue Suede Shoes (1964) (stereo) (2:15)
2. Big Bad Blues (stereo) (2:42)
3. Say When (stereo) (2:30)
4. Lonely Heart (stereo) (1:58)
5. A Love I'll Never Win (stereo) (2:53)
6. Let My Baby Be (stereo) (2:30)
7. Monkey Shine (stereo) (3:03)
8. Mama Of My Song (stereo) (2:23)
9. One Of These Days (stereo) (2:27)
10. I Wouldn't Have You (stereo) (2:12)
11. Help Me Find My Baby (stereo) (1:56)
12. After Sundown (stereo) (2:42)
13. For A Little While (stereo) (2:31)
14. Just For You (stereo) (2:40)
15. When The Right Time Comes (stereo) (2:29)
16. The Fool I Used To Be (stereo) (2:25)
17. Forget Me (Next Time Around) (stereo) (2:39)
18. Hollywood City (stereo) (2:10)
19. I've Just Got Back From There (stereo) (2:15)
20. Too Much For A Man To Understand (alt) (stereo) (2:47)
21. Turn Around (mono) (2:42)
22. Unhappy Girls (mono) (2:41)
23. Someday Somewhere Someone Waits For Me (mono) (2:28)
24. Anyway The Wind Blows (mono) (2:18)